International Child Abduction Laws in Ukraine
International child abductions happen with frightening regularity, and these traumatic events typically involve one of the parents. The reasons for such drastic actions are different: sometimes a Ukrainian-born mother cannot adapt to her new life abroad and returns to the safety of her native Ukraine, taking along her child without the father’s consent. Or a divorce has gone terribly wrong, and the mother takes the child back to Ukraine despite a court order that allows the father visitation rights.